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MEDFORD, ORPlGOX, WKDXKSD'AV, JUNK 11, 1919
NO. 69 ' i
D
KB
NE
NATION-WIDE
FIRST DAY II" 1 r
Ian Ion
OF SHE
IS FIZZLE
Western Union Not Effected Onlv
160 Men Out of 40.000 Walk Out
. Postal Operators Quit Work San
Francisco and Portland Carlton
Declares Strike a Failure Burle
son Maintains Telearanli Traffic
Has Not and Will Not Be Delayed.
WASHINGTON'. Jinn' II. Pil
lousier (Icticrnl lliiili'MMi ili'i lnri'il in
n Mtnleinciit ludiiv Hint mi iiiiuiiiiiI f
liri'Hiir would iivail to mult" llii'
uoViTiiinciit win' runt ml lumril "ex
It'inl ur tro licvonil ruli'K uiiif r''L'iiln
linliK of tlu war labor InuiM which
luive lii'i'il Hliirtlv iiliservud hinrii tin.
unvcriimeiit I imk over control nf the
tclcvriipli mill telephone properties."
Mr. Iliirlt'Hiin ilni'liiri'il the strike
nf w:rc cinnluvni wliirli heirim this
muriiiiiir wns "nlinllv without juti
fifiiliiitr' nnil mlili'il Hint in Titriiiut inti
lit1 liiul wuw 1I111I "li'li'urnnliii' traffic
I1111I mil been delayed mill would nut
111- tlclllVcd."
DALLAS. Tex.. .Iiiih. 1 1. A. J.
Fiber. n noil - union lini'iiimi employed
llV till' l)llllll IL'llt llllll Power t'lllll-
rnitiv, wim slmt nnil in-lnntlv killed
in 11 I'limli liiiii' tuiluv between slrike
KViiiimlliirurx mul iiuiiMiiiinn turn tuk
na tin' iiIih'ck of. xtrikiuu employes uf
till! OOIIIPIIIIV.
NKW YOliK. June It. Onlv 100
persons, iiicluiiint; l'Jl operators, out
' (if 11 total til' HUMMI t'uiuliivi'il hv till'
Western I'liiun throughout llm coiin
trv wit" absent from tlutv nt imon
toilnv, N'rut'iimb Ciirltuii, I lie eoui
pnnv's prctiilcut, luiniuini'i'il in n
Muli'iiii'iit termini.' "11 iiiiiii 'li t i' liiil
iim" lln strike onlli'il liv the I'ouiiucr
riiil Telru'riiplirr's r'nion.
roHtui guiiH
' SAN' FRANCISCO. June 11. The
1 1(1 kcvmi'ii til' llio Pnslnl 'IVIcui upli
cnnipniiv in Sun Francisco liiul unit
llit'ir posts in response to llm iintiun
wido strike I'lill, hut the -inn Western
I'liion, opcrnlors were Mill nt work,
itt'c'tiriliiiir lu slulcmcnts 1'roin lenders
of htilli niili'H tuiluv. 'l'ln Western
I'liiun operators with Miiil Id have
d'srcunrileil tin' strike order Ihrouuh
tiut tilt' Mull', while I In' I'oslnl uit'ii
with out ucncrnllv, it was saiil.
The Postal mul Western I'liiun
t plants here were hcini; picketed, luhur
lenders linnollliccilr-
. Fn lurt! of the Western t'jiion men
to strike wiih tint' In their member
ship in I lie coiiipnnv's iiruiiiii.ntinti of
employes, it wiih said.
Hut four employes in Culiforiiin.
Wnsliineton. Oreunn. Nevada nntl
Arixoun responded In tlm Ktrikti or
itur, M. T. Conk, tlislrict superintend
i'iit of llm Western t'nioii coiiipuuv,
miniiuni't'tl hero tmlnv.
"Our men hiivt mil struck mul they
(Contlnuotl 011 page two.)
ARMY PLANES 10
AT
PORTLAND, Juno It. Tho
B(ini(lron nf army airplanes which
- arrival) yostorday from Mather Fluid,
Hncrumantn, to pnrtlnlimlo In ' tho
Vlotory Hoho FoHtlvnl horo, liuido ItH
flrt oxhlhlllon fllHht toduy. Tho
plitni'H roRO from tho niinilclpnl n"l,f
links, iiroiI IIiIh woolc iih iui nvliitlon
Hold, lion rl n nlnft. up piiHRcnKorn
roiirosonlntlvoa of nil tho lticnl iuiwh
impni'fl mul novernl othur olvlllium
who liiul hoon pmnihtdl norliil thrlllH.
Tho iilrtilnnon circled over th city.
Tho suundron will louvo I'ortlmul
for tho rotiirn fll!ht'to .Mather Fluid
curly .Sulunluy, I.loulonmit C'olnnol
WatBtin niinouiicod today. I In route
will liicludo Albuny, SprlnKritild and
CoIIiiko (Irovo on Sntnrtlny, KtnyInK
lit. tho Inllnr idly thiit. nlcht; Huniluy
' fllKht Clrnnts Piibh mid Anhlnnd,
ronchliiK lli'tinadii, Oil., Unit, nltthl
mid ri'HUinlim tho homeward flight
I he followlnn mnniliiK.
W NAN AKb
OLD AS HILLS
Senator Walsh Ronllcs to Criticisms
of Lotltie and Knox Same Crlt
clms Were Made Aoalnst Construc
tion of United States Washlna
ton's Advice Then Is Sound Today.
L
WAKIIINtiTO.N, Junn 1 1 . Aitort-,l
In u (hut niinunnlH nf tho UetiKiiu of
Nullunii liu vii trumped up ninny 1111
miliiorlnlilu olJit'tlon to play upon
popular Beimlllvi nesit, Hnnalnr Wulith,
democriil of Molilalia, di-fimilcil t tin
Iiuikuu rovciiunl In llm m-nalii today
minium cliurxi'H liiul II Htiliverm the
Amorli'iin t'OUHtllutlon.
AiiHwcrliiB KiMintorn I.oiIko, rt-puh-lltnii
of .MaiMut'hunotln, Knox, repuh
lli'iiu of IViinitylvuiilu, and mhem
win) urKi'tl ttinHtltiilloiiiil olijiicdoim
tho Molilalia ncnulor tleclnrud their
iirKuineniH rnumli'tl on thtiorlon tonit
nllK'n illnprnviMl. Ho tiotutl many
prei'f'deiitH lo mipport till" poult Inn
Hint tho .covenant neither nel nitltto
any cmiHtliiit lotiitl pruroKutlva nor
imitiimeii any new power 111 Ireaty
m tik I iik.
Mere llit'lmiinlloii
CharKiH lhat tho leiicun would he
a "nupiTHlalu" ho tleclarotl to ho n
"mere ilei luiiiutlnii" bIiico tho orKnn
In in In niiwl nf llio provlKlnnn coin
plnliii'd of rnu Id only "ntlvlso" or
"recominentl." Tho celebrated arti
cle ten, h continued certainly would
hind tho fulled Suites lo iiuiko war
In eeltulti liihlnineii, hut added that
tho nnmo nlillitutlun had been nn
nuiniitl by rurlniiH treuilen imnlo by
IIiIh Kovermntuit in tho pant.
ItofiirrluK to immTtlonn that tho
leaiipn would he a mipvr-Kovernmont,
the nennlor. u Holed from tho covenant
at tenKih and cnnilnued:
"It Ik Idto to iiKiert that nil org.ml
iiitlon tliun ottilppvd la a govern
ment nt all. It has no army autt no
treamiry, nnil no meanii of ncciirlm;
either. Tiio It may render ilcrlsloim.
It cannot mnko lawn, nelthor can It
levy tuxtn."
1'iiKiio Not Perfect
Senator Walsh until no ono con
tended tho lcuKtia covenant wan per
fect. Hut It wo "a inero subterfuKO"
he declared to talk of nmentllnK H.
"What tho Benolo may do," ho con
tinued, "In to propose aineniliiiciim,
which In miliHtnnce Is rcjectlixi of tho
treaty with a condition, Tho whole
iillhject In til im opened up nntl hcro
tlatlou tmiHl ho renumed. Dmibtk'RB
other nntlonn will proposo nmend
ni dm 1 b. Tho RtiipeiiiloiiK liihom of tho
piiHt nix months nro all uudoiio, pcuco
In nil fur away as It wan last Decem
ber. ,
"Tho situation Is not unllko that
which was presented when our con
stitution was submitted to tho stntcs
for ratification. Its opponents, opon
and socrol, wero all strong for
nmondlni! tho draft submitted. Wash
liiKton was not dorolvod by this
method of attack, 'It another fed
eral convention Is attempted,' so ho
wroto to Charles Carter of Kred
urlcltnhiirir, 'Its niomburs will bo
moro discordant; will nxroo upon no
Rnnornl plan. Tho constitution Is tho
host Hint can bo obtained tit this
tlnio,' "
VILLA 10 BORDER
K.r, I 'A SO. Tow. June 11. If Hie
iiiroriunliiin received in Kl I'iiho this
mnrninir t'orrt'el, lorees nntlt'r (len-
ernl I'Vlini! Amieles nntl Krnncisco
illn liuvo HWUtiL' lrinii Htiiilh nf Sum
nlvucn, niirlhetisl in three Keiuinite
- I n in li s lo llm vieinilv ol' (litniliiluiie.
,fj miles mist o' .Inure., mid have a
slctin HH'ceii I own nl lite hnrtler oily.
HIIOWNSVII.KK. Tex.. Juno 11.
Inl'orniiititin wiir received in official
uitnrlers totlnv Hull seventv-l'ivo ner
sons wehi killed in Ihu Xlexii'iin citv
ol' Monterey in fitliliuii Hint Klnrted
Miitulav moruiiur u it it the election
Stinilnv. mul which was continuum
In'sl. nialil.
Bolshevik! Cauttire Ufa.
LONDON. Junn 1 1. Hnlsheviki
fori'i's on Miiuilitv cnnlureil t'l'a, one
ol' the cities veeenllv Inken hv the
Irnniis of Adniirnl Kolchiik, nl'ler
lltrce dnvs ol' sniiiniiniirv riulttiiur, nc
I'ot'ilinir In n li'itssinn virclesM ilis
iiiell rni'i'ivcd hero liuittv.
El HOUSE IS
DELEGATED TOSETTLE
IDE IRISH PROBLEM
Dl'HI.I.V, Juno II. A Paris
dispatch to tho Freeman's Jour-
nal clniins authority for tho
Htuteuiont that tho Irish ques-
Hon will probably bo raised In
tho peucov conference.
Colonel K. ,J. House, one of
" tho Aniorlcan tlolettntos to tho
peace conforenco will, It Is said,
visit Kim" In nil durlUK the next
forlnlitht mul will then, it Is tie-
chirod, tirno upon tho Ilrltlsh
Kovcrumont. tho necessity of set-
tlliiR tho Irish question. It Is
said that ho also Intends to visit 4
Ireland to Investigate condl-
Hons anil ascertain tho sentl-
mom of tho people hero.
U. S. NEWSPAPER
LOST IN PARIS
PA It IS. J n no 10 Colonel K. M.
llutise, tine ol' the 1'iiitcil Stiitcs
tu'iice tlelcmitcs, has been nskeil lo
invesliirnte the ilisamicnrmico of
Itnherl. Minor, n -newspaper enrres
ponilenl mid ciirlnonist. who was
taken Irnin li s hotel, nrosuiiitiblv hv
I'Voncli ol'licinls. The Auiericiiii ein
bassv was nsked hv lancnln Slel't'ens
tu iiiuiiire iihtiul Minoi'. but no in
I'oriiiajion was rorlheoniimt. Conse
oiti'ittlv Colunt'l Utilise wns retiiipsttul
lo invest itsntti. v
Minor recently t'ltine lo Fnmce
from (leruinnv nnd wits in Knssia tor
ninnv nionths iirecetlini' lust Decem
ber. I lo wns lorincrlv empluvetl hv
the Now York World nntl llio Phila
delphia Public l.etluer. His trunk is
still in his hotel, hut his papers have
been removed. Minor's tlisnppcar
unce followed his nt tendance of n
svilnii'alist vailwnv employes' nieet
inir. where he Inlked with the einmnil
lee in chiii'ire.
Arcliannel Troops at Brest.
P.ltF.ST, June 11. The first eon
li,mrent ol'.Amerieiin soldiers beinir re
pnlrinled frnin ' Arehnii'jel, North
liussin, iirrivctl here Ibis itflerntiun on
the sleitnier Czttr, with I he ttelnch
int'itt cninprisiiiff llio IKHMh inl'nnli'.v,
INTERRUPTING HIS SIESTA
REMyBIIOUGH!plJP
IN" BY-:MEMBER
OF
Henry P. Davison Admits He Brouaht
Coov ta America But Was Read By
No One But Mr. Root J. P. Mor
qan and Paul Warbura Deny Hav
ina Read Text of Treaty.
WASHINGTON." June 11. F.lilm
Knot, former secretary of state, tn
dav mipeiiretl nt his own simuesfon
before the senate foreian rclutioiis
committee iuvestiaatinir huw copies
uf the pence treaty reached private
hands in New York.
Mr. Hunt said he hint had for sev
cnil weeks a oopv of the t rent v driven
hiitvbv 11. P. Davidson of the Moruan
bniikiiiir bouse.
Senator l.otluc said the copy he hud
seen was shown to him hv Mr. Root.
When Mr. ltont wns excused tlenrv
P. Davison was culled.
Mr. Davidson said he lirouuht n
copv of Hie trentv to America but
that il had never been read liv any
mini e.veepl himself nnd Mr. Hunt. .
After Mr. Dnvison hud been uiics
lioneil fur u hulf hour he wns ex
cused mid J. 1'. Jlortrun took the
stand.
Mr. Mnruan said he hint nut seen a
(iiuiv of the trentv.
Frank A. Yanderlip. fnrnier presi
dent of the National Citv Hank, fol
lowed Mr. Mot'!'nn on the stand tcsti
I'vinir Hint he never had seen the
treaty.
Chnirmnn t.odae, Senator Hitch
cock nntl nlher eonnnittee members
unitl Inter it wns doubtful whether
nnv further invcsliirntiun would 'be
innde. Mr. I.oda-e received a nicssano
from Ptitil M. Warlutra', in which Mr.
Wiirbui"; wns iiiulerstoe'' to huve tlis
elaiini'il nnv kntiwiedsMi nf nnv copies
of Hie trentv in New York.
PUGET SDUND METHODISTS TfJ
RAISE $250.000 FUND
. TACOMA. Wash.. June, 11. The
trustees of liny eollece of Piurcl
Suiuid. lite Mclhodist instil ul :ion here,
have iiiithorizod n $'ri(l,tKin buiblins
iirosriim. il wns nniinunced Ibis mnrn
inir, A L'vninnsitini mul n iiinin eol
leire nud iitltniiiistriitinn litiildiut.' will
be erect etl on the present cnnipns us
the beuinninsr of u million dollar
ariiup of new btiililincs Ihal i.s plnn
ned for the inslilul inn,
MORGAN Hi
'ALSO COP OF 1EA
PORTLAND. June 11. The
price, of a cup of coffee was In-
creased two cents In most local
restaurants and cafeterias to-
day. Altlio the Increase comes
at a time when the city Is filled
with festival visitors, the res-
tnurant owners doclnred that
the Increase Is not alone justi-
fled, but Is absolutely impera-
tire and should have been made
somo months ago. A - cup of
coffee is now 7 cents at most
places and 10 cents at some.
- The price of a cup of tea also
was increased. The restaurant
proprietors point to increases in
the cost of sugar and cream, as
well as increased prices of cof-
fee, as the reason for the lu-
creased price.
IS
AUSTRIAN PEACE
I'AKIS. Juno 11. (Hy Associated
Press.) Little progress Is being
made in the drafting of the missing
articles of the treaty with Austria,
owing. to the greater urgency of com
pleting negotiations with tho Ger
mans. One American official who Is
working on tho Austrian treaty, ask
ed today when the rest of the sum
mary would bo nvulluble, replied:
"Thero may not bo any more. The
Aiistrlans have moro now apparently
than they are able to sign." '
The same Waiting attitude is ob
served regarding the Hungarian
treaty,, parts of which are Identical
with the German and Austrian treaty
tint! already are In print. A tentative
draft of the frontiers of Hungary has
been prepared for submission to the
council of four but there ts no ex
pectation that tho council will begin
serious consideration of tho Hungar
ian Rottlemonl until the expected
changes In the Austrian nnd Gorman
pacts tiro out nf tho wttyi
FRANCE WINS
CONTEST
E
Refusal to Consent to Concessions to
Germany Sustained After Long
Discussion Germany Denied Ad
mission to League Mandate for
German Colonies Not Allowed.
PARIS, June 11. (By Associated
Press.) The determination of
France not to consent to any mater
ial changes In the treaty with Ger
many was clearly defined today after
the meeting of the council of four
and various commissions which fail
ed to reach any solution of the dead
lock on tho Important points on
which differences of opinion have
arisen.
,ln spite of the attempt to speed up
the work on the peace conference,
reports are still unavailable from
commissions dealing with Schleswlg-'
Holstein, the eastern boundaries of
Germany, the Belgian frontier and
waterways and harbors. The fluid
state of the proceedings makes it
difficult to accept tho optimistic
statements of various members of
delegations, that an agreement on
th reply to the German counter pro
posals probably will be reached
speedily.
Clemenceau Is Firm
Premier Clemenceau is especially
firm in his refusal to agree to the
admission of Germany to the League
of Nations Immediately. The French
hold that they understand German
psychology better than the allies and
realize what the increasing arrogance
of the Germans during the last few
weeks means. Tey say they appre
ciate how much this arrogance would
be increased if the peace conference
should yield to the German demands
for Immediate admission to the
League of Nations. The French, it
Is understood, are willing that the
Germans should be admitted later
but insist that this admission must
not be in compliance with what they
term "Germany's present haughty
demand."
PARIS, June 11. The reply to the
German counter proposals agreed
upon by the peace conference heads
refuses the German request for a
mandate for the former German col
onies, it was learned today.
A lengthy memorandum gives the
reasons for the refusal and explains
tho operations of the League of Na
tions on colonial matters.
The reparations portion of the re
ply, which has been completed and
has reached the printer, does not fix
the total sum which the Germans
must pay. The text of the treaty it
self Is not changed, but the reply
contains assurances to Germany re
garding the method of tho repara
tions process, explaining that it is a
workable arrangement. '
Hope for Knrly Docision
PARIS, Tuesday, June 10. CBy
Associated Press.) Official an
nouncement was made after the
meeting of the council of four this
afternoon that- thore was hope of a
comparatively early decision on the
reply to Germany.
it was said an agreement in prin
ciple was reached on tho reparations
clauses to the effect that no definite
sum to be paid by Germany will be
fixed in tho treaty and that tho ques
Hon would be loft virtually as in the
original draft.
In French circles It was said today
that the treaty as again submitted
to the Germans will he much less al
tered than has been generally sup
posed. . Wilson Yields
President Wilson fousrht strenu
ously to ini'luilo a fixed total .sum in
the rcpnrntions eluuse nnd the close
of the discussion leaves him unebnni;
eil it is said, in the belief that that is
the best plan. "
It is understood, howover. that the
president said Hint innsmuch its Pre
mier Cleniencenu hint insisted to Hie
contrary, and also (lint he.liad sinn
ed Hie original drnft. lie would siun
the reply as formulated.
SALVAGED STEAMER SUNK s
IN 1918 ARRIVES NEW YORK
NEW YORK. June 11. The Brit
ish steamship Berniudin. formerly in
the New York-to-Hermutln pnssenirer
service, arrived here totlnv, having
been salvaged utter she wns nei'i
denttillv sunk in the harbor of Alex
nndrin in Februnry. 1918. On her
wnv here from Kurone. the Herntudinn
curried 170(1 lininc-enine- Jninuienn
I roups, .
PEA
1
LABOR GOES
ON RECORD
FOR BOOZE
American Federation Ooooses War
Time Prohibition Protest Aoalnst
Same to Be Forwarded to President
. Wijson Question Debated Over
Two Hours Gomoers Finally
Drawn. In Declares Question Not
Prohibition But Personal Linertt.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Juno 1 1.
Organized labor today went on
record against war-time prohibition
and in favor of tho exemption of 2
percent beer from both the war-time
prohibition act and the federal pro-: '
hlbitlon amendment in a resolution
adopted by the American Federation
of Labor. i
The resolution was carried by an
overwhelming majority. It provides
that a strong protest embodying Its
essential points be sent to President
Wilson and congress.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Juno 11.
-Introduction of a resolution pro
posing that the American Federation
of Labor go on record as against war
time prohibition and In favor of ex
cluding two and three-quarters per
cent beer from the provisions of both
war-time and national prohibition
precipitated a hot battle of words at '
today's session of the federation's ro-''"
construction convention.
Debate Two Hours "
Debate lasted two hours, the fight
against the resolution being led by
delegates from the Seattle Central -Labor
Council and at its conclusion
the convention voted that a roll call
should be taken after a recess for.
luncheon.
The resolution was signed by moro
than a hundred delegates from all
sections of the country and In pre
senting it to the convention the reso
lutions committee recommended its
adoption. . '
So spirited did the debate become
that 'Samuel Gompers, president ot
the federation and chairman of tlue
convention, became Involved In It.
Mr. Gompers said that his name had
been drawn Into the discussion by
delegates who criticized him for hav
ing written magazine articles on the
subject of prohibition, he felt called
upon to speak. He explained that be
had written articles "as an American
and a good citizen."
Denial of IJticrty
"From the time of the signing of
the Declaration of Independent and
the conception of the constitution ot
the United States," ho said, "the pro
hibition question is tho first Hint .
has ever actually involved denial of
the right of people to do things.
"What, is going to happen If tho
habits of a people are suddenly
changed overnight? Look at Russia.
Since vodka was suppressed entirely
it is a fact that there havo been moro
cases ot alcoholism In the hospitals
than ever before In the history of.
that country. j
"I am not prepared to say that
prohibition of alcohol nnd Polshov-
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
140 STUDENTS' AT
O.A.C. ARE GIVEN
CORVALLIS, Ore., Juno 11. Tho
50th annual commencement of Oro
gon agricultural college took pluco
today. '
One hundred nnd forty stiidontn
received their degrees. Tho class ot
1919 included men and women from
40 states, 22 colleges and one foreign
country. California, Washington and
Idaho ranked among those having
the greatest numbers from Btatoj
outside of Oregon,
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president
of the University of California, deliv
ered an address on "Theodore Roose
velt as an American." President
Wheeler wa3 a member of the faculty
of Cornell when President Kerr of
the Orogon Agricultural college nt
tcndotl ns a student. ...